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あに

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older brother; elder brother — 兄
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あに

ani

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Common
JLPT N5
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N5
Genki Ch. 7
Appears in chapter 7 of the Genki textbook
Genki Ch. 7
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
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  1. older brother; elder brother

    EXAMPLE
    (かれ)(わたし)(あに)です。
    He's my older brother.

Full entry for 兄

にい

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older brother; elder brother — 兄
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にい

nii

Noun, as suffix
Noun, used as a suffix
Noun, as suffix
Familiar lang.
Familiar language
Familiar lang.
  1. older brother; elder brother

Full entry for 兄

けい

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けい

kei

  1. you

    Pronoun
    Pronoun
    Pronoun
    Familiar lang.
    Familiar language
    Familiar lang.
    Honorific/respectful lang.
    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    Honorific/respectful lang.
    Male term/lang.
    Male term or language
    Male term/lang.
  2. Mr; Mister

    Suffix
    Suffix
    Suffix
    Familiar lang.
    Familiar language
    Familiar lang.
    Honorific/respectful lang.
    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    Honorific/respectful lang.
    Male term/lang.
    Male term or language
    Male term/lang.
  3. older brother; elder brother

    Noun (common)
    Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Noun (common)

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さん
にい

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にい

niisan

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. older brother; elder brother

    Honorific/respectful lang.
    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    Honorific/respectful lang.
  2. brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship)

  3. young man; buddy; fella; laddie

Full entry for 兄さん

ちゃん
にい

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ちゃん
にい

niichan

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. (one's) older brother

    Familiar lang.
    Familiar language
    Familiar lang.
  2. young man; sonny; lad

Full entry for 兄ちゃん

さん
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older brother; elder brother — お兄さん
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さん
にい

oniisan

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Common
JLPT N5
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N5
Genki Ch. 1
Appears in chapter 1 of the Genki textbook
Genki Ch. 1
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
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  1. older brother; elder brother

    Honorific/respectful lang.
    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    Honorific/respectful lang.
    EXAMPLE
    (きみ)はお(にい)さんにそっくりだよ。
    You look just like your older brother.
  2. young man; buddy; fella; laddie

    EXAMPLE
    そこのお(にい)さん!
    Young lad over there!

Full entry for お兄さん

ぎょう

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enterprise; business; company; corporation — 企業
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ぎょう

kigyou

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Common
JLPT N1
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JLPT N1
JLPT N2
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JLPT N2
JLPT N3
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N3
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. enterprise; business; company; corporation

    EXAMPLE
    (あに)(だい)企業(きぎょう)就職(しゅうしょく)した。
    My older brother got a position in a big business.

Full entry for 企業

けん
こう

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health — 健康
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けん
こう

kenkou

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Common
JLPT N4
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N4
JLPT N5
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N5
  1. health

    Noun (common)
    Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Noun (common)
  2. healthy; sound; fit; wholesome

    な-adj.
    Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
    な-adj.

Full entry for 健康

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nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully — 良く
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yoku

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Common
JLPT N3
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N3
JLPT N5
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N5
Genki Ch. 3
Appears in chapter 3 of the Genki textbook
Genki Ch. 3
Adverb
Adverb (fukushi)
Adverb
Written w/ kanji only
Word usually written using kana alone
Written w/ kanji only
  1. nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully

  2. frequently; often

Full entry for 良く

メンバー

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メンバー

menbaa

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Common
JLPT N3
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JLPT N3
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)

    EXAMPLE
    トムはメンバーですか?
    Is Tom a member?

Full entry for メンバー

てつ
がく

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てつ
がく

tetsugaku

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. philosophy

Full entry for 哲学

マイ

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マイ

mai

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Common
Prefix
Prefix
Prefix
  1. my; one's own; personal; privately owned

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けん

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けん

ken'i

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. authority; power; influence

Full entry for 権威

ねん
しゅう

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ねん
しゅう

nenshuu

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Common
JLPT N2
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JLPT N2
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. annual income

Full entry for 年収

そっくり

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そっくり

sokkuri

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Common
JLPT N3
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JLPT N3
Onomatopoeic
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
Onomatopoeic
  1. all; altogether; entirely; completely

    Adverb
    Adverb (fukushi)
    Adverb
  2. exactly like; just like; spitting image of

    な-adj.
    Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
    な-adj.
    EXAMPLE
    父親(ちちおや)にそっくりだ。
    He looks just like his father.

Full entry for そっくり

ホラー

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ホラー

horaa

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. horror

Full entry for ホラー

たい

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たい

taihi

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JLPT N1
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JLPT N1
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
  1. contrast; comparison

    EXAMPLE
    (わたし)はよく(あに)対比(たいひ)される。
    I am often contrasted with my brother.

Full entry for 対比

スケート

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スケート

sukeeto

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
  1. skating (esp. ice); skate; skates

Full entry for スケート

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gishi

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. engineer; technician

Full entry for 技師

よう

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よう

kiyou

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JLPT N3
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N3
な-adj.
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
な-adj.
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. skillful; skilful; adroit; dexterous; dextrous; deft; nimble; handy

  2. clever; shrewd; ingenious

    EXAMPLE
    マックスは手先(てさき)器用(きよう)だ。
    Max is clever with his fingers.

Full entry for 器用

コック

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コック

kokku

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. cook; chef

  2. tap; spigot; faucet; cock

  3. cock (male fowl)

Full entry for コック

みん
よう

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みん
よう

min'you

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. folk song; popular song

Full entry for 民謡

たい

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たい

tai

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. sea bream (Sparidae); porgy

    Written w/ kanji only
    Word usually written using kana alone
    Written w/ kanji only
  2. tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

Full entry for 鯛

たん

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たん

katan

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
  1. support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

Full entry for 加担

サンディエゴ

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サンディエゴ

sandeiego

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. San Diego

Full entry for サンディエゴ

ぼう
じん

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ぼう
じん

miboujin

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. widow

Full entry for 未亡人

レスキュー

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レスキュー

resukyuu

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. rescue

Full entry for レスキュー

エレキ

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エレキ

ereki

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
Abbr.
Abbreviation
Abbr.
  1. electricity

  2. electric guitar

Full entry for エレキ

エレキギター

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electric guitar — エレキギター
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エレキギター

erekigitaa

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
Colloquialism
Colloquialism
Colloquialism
  1. electric guitar

Full entry for エレキギター

けん
ちく

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architect — 建築家
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けん
ちく

kenchikuka

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Common
JLPT N2
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JLPT N2
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. architect

    EXAMPLE
    トムは建築(けんちく)()になった。
    Tom became an architect.

Full entry for 建築家

にん
にょう

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kanji "legs radical" (radical 10) — 人繞
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にん
にょう

ninnyou

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
Radical
Kanji radicals
Radical
  1. kanji "legs radical" (radical 10)

Full entry for 人繞

とお

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とお

mewotoosu

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JLPT N2
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JLPT N2
Expr.
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
Expr.
Godan verb w/ す ending
Godan verb with 'su' ending
Godan verb w/ す ending
  1. to scan; to look over

Full entry for 目を通す

せい
かつ

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せい
かつ

seikatsuhi

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JLPT N3
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JLPT N3
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. living expenses

Full entry for 生活費

メン

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メン

men

Noun, as suffix
Noun, used as a suffix
Noun, as suffix
Abbr.
Abbreviation
Abbr.
  1. member

Full entry for メン

ポップミュージック

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ポップミュージック

poppumyuujikku

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. pop music

Full entry for ポップミュージック

ジョー

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ジョー

joo

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. joe

  2. jaw

    Prenominal noun/verb
    Noun or verb acting prenominally
    Prenominal noun/verb

Full entry for ジョー

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